Category Archives: 3D

A few months ago my friend Alex, asked me to paint up this anatomy figure for him. At first I was pretty intimidated and had no idea how to approach painting her. However, after much deliberation and air brush practice I mustered up enough confidence to get to work. So, ladies and gents taking center stage, this 8 inch tall beauty is available through 3Dtotal. Give it up for Bertha (well that’s what I named her).

Here she is without any paint and a little sanding work done. As you can see, it’s a beautifully sculpted model with a lot of detail and very realistic proportions. This is an excellent addition to any artist’s reference collection.

Alex requested that I only paint the muscle half. So I set about to masking all the areas i didn’t want to paint. Step one was painting on some Vallejo airbrush liquid mask, followed by painters tape and then more liquid mask over that. Lastly I Gave Bertha a spray coat of White Primer.

I took these pictures during the first few airbrush sessions. I started with a warm red-orange basecoat followed by some shading using a darker neutral red. From there I added a few light coats of pink and Ivory. I used a references from the Bodies Exhibit to help with where the lighter colored tissue go. The last step for the muscle tissue were several washes. The first few red washes were to soften the highlights. Then I mixed a brown/red ink and applied that in the recesses to bring out contrast in the recesses. In the final images below you’ll see Bertha after a few white brushed-on highlights and some other detail.

Female Anatomy Model by 3DTotal

And here’s the final version. As a side note, when I originally masked the model I forgot to cover her toes on her left foot. So I mixed up my won gray to match the resin (pretty close if I do say so myself) and brushed that on. This model is very different from the stuff I’m used to working on. The scale is bigger, the detail is more subtle and the style is more realistic. It’s been a fun, challenging project and I’m happy to have finally completed it. Anyhoo, I hope you like Bertha and please share any thoughts you have on her and my paint job. As always, happy painting! 🙂

My good friend and fellow artist, Alex Cheparev took a character that I designed and brought it to life using Maya, a 3D modeling program. He’s been documenting and posting videos of the entire process on his youtube channel, Crashing Maya. If you have any interest in learning how to design in 3D I highly encourage you to check out his videos and subscribe to his channel. His tutorials will really help you appreciate how much work and attention to detail go into 3D modeling. Yessir, Alex is a true wizard using evil pacts to create artificial life!

So now that Alex’s work is done, it’s my turn to jump in. Very soon I will have a 3D printed model of Voodoo Ninja for my painting pleasure. The plan is to paint this little guy and record it for my Youtube Channel. Furthermore, you can buy this model at Shapeways! That’s right ladies and gents, you can be the proud owner of you very own Voodoo Ninja model. So that’s it for news folks. Click on those links and sink some time into videos. Cheers and happy viewing!

Exciting things are in the works! My friend Alex Cheparev asked me to create a character for him to model in 3D for his YouTube channel. Once he’s done, we’re getting it 3D printed then I’ll paint it up for my upcoming YouTube channel. Should be pretty cool! Here’s the concept sketch and Alex’s Video. Make sure to Subscribe to his channel for all of your Maya tutorial needs!

Voodoo Ninja Sketch

This is Voodoo Ninja. Think black magic meets Pinocchio. I wanted to create a character with a variety of textures and a little humor. Thus the wood grain on the arms, the bandages and you can’t go wrong with a big old skull head. The plan is to add ball and socket joints in the shoulders and removable pins as weapons.

Alex is already off to a great start and it’s amazing to see how quickly he can make this character come to life. I can’t wait for the final results. It’s going to look so bad ass! Thanks for reading and keep being creative. 😉

Back in December 2013 I wrote a post about a Kickstarter for Temporus the Game that I was painting some models for. Check out the original post here for the prototype and color recipe. Well, the Kickstarter was successfully funded, which means I had 4 large and 5 small replicas of the same ship to paint up ASAP. Here’s a picture of the final product. The large versions are about 5″ long and the small about 2.5″ long.

Temporus Cruisers

When I shipped away the package it gave me an opportunity to add some extra promo swag for the blog. I figured the backers who received these hand painted goodies would like to see a little bit more of my stuff (shameless plug tee-hee). I’m gonna start making more of these to bring to conventions and such just to get my name out there.

OSO promo

A huge thanks to my good friend Alex Cheparev for referring me for the project and to Erik Umenhofer for trusting me to painting these awesome models. Make sure to check out Temporus the video game. Later space cadet!

Hey there my friends! So much time has passed since my last post, but it’s been well spent. Over the last couple of months I’ve been busy with freelance, martial arts training, painting a lot of models and playing even more games. Most importantly though, I started taking a class in 3D animation! It’s taken some adjusting to balance my busy schedule but I’m getting into a groove again so expect to see more frequent posts really soon. In the mean time, wanna see a picture of what I’ve been working on in class? Of course you do!

Stormtrooper Mighty Mugg

Our instructor asked everyone in class to start with something simple (like a toy) to animate. I chose a Stormtrooper Mighty Mugg by Hasbro. These toys are cute as hell and I figured it would be a pretty fun and easy character to create. Well it’s definitely been fun but man was I wrong about it being easy. Apparently 3D design takes time, a lot of time, but as you can see the results are worth it. I just need to practice more and the speed will come later. As a side note, eventually I want to design my own line of miniatures, but that’s a story for another post. 😉

Huge thanks to my homie Alex Cheparev for teaching a great class and for putting up with my constant questions. If you’re interested in taking a course in 3D animation and live near New York, you need to sign up for Alex’s classes at the School of Visual Arts. Otherwise, take a look at his Youtube channel HERE. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a stormtrooper to animate.